articles: Competing destinations and intervening opportunities interaction models of inter-city telecommunication flows

Jean-Michel Guldmann ()
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Jean-Michel Guldmann: Department of City and Regional Planning, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA

Papers in Regional Science, 1999, vol. 78, issue 2, 179-194

Abstract: This research makes use of a large sample of individual telephone calls between local exchanges (cities, towns, villages) within a U.S. region. The interlocational flows, measured in conversation seconds, are analyzed by estimating, in a simultaneous equation framework, spatial interaction models that account for (1) the role of the spatial structure, which reflects the competition and agglomeration effects that take place among the flow destinations, and (2) the role of the reverse flows, which reflect the process of information creation necessary to complete economic and social transactions. A particular focus is set on Fotheringham's competing destinations model and Stouffer's intervening opportunities model. The implications of the results are discussed and areas for further research are outlined.

Keywords: Telecommunication flows; spatial interactions; spatial structure; econometric estimation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L96 R1 R12 R15 R4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999-06-17
Note: Received: 1 September 1998
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